The song is a straightforward love ballad, with Barbara singing
that she has never loved anyone like this before. Dex recorded her
entry in four languages; Dutch, French (as "Je n'ai jamais aimé
quelqu'un comme toi", English ("Somebody Like You") and German ("So
lieb wie dich").

Due to the expanding Contest, those of the 1993 entrants who had
received the least points were not permitted to enter the 1994 Contest - with
Belgium suffering this fate. The 1994 edition was consequently the
first Eurovision Song Contest in which Belgium did not participate
since its inception - in 1956. These "passive" countries (who
broadcast the Contest in 1994 but did not enter) were, however,
entitled to return the following year. Hence, "Iemand als jij" was
succeeded as Belgian
representative at the 1995 contest by Frédéric Etherlinck singing "La voix est
libre".

The song is a straightforward love ballad, with Barbara singing that she has never loved anyone like this before. Dex recorded her entry in four languages; Dutch, French (as "Je n'ai jamais aimé quelqu'un comme toi", English ("Somebody Like You") and German ("So lieb wie dich").

Due to the expanding Contest, those of the 1993 entrants who had received the least points were not permitted to enter the 1994 Contest - with Belgium suffering this fate. The 1994 edition was consequently the first Eurovision Song Contest in which Belgium did not participate since its inception - in 1956. These "passive" countries (who broadcast the Contest in 1994 but did not enter) were, however, entitled to return the following year. Hence, "Iemand als jij" was succeeded as Belgian representative at the 1995 contest by Frédéric Etherlinck singing "La voix est libre".